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Alabama mass shooting victim describes terrifying moments [Video]
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A survivor of the mass shooting outside of an Alabama nightclub says he is thankful as he describes the chaotic and terrifying moments. Gabriel Eslami said he was waiting in line to get into Birmingham’s Hush Lounge when the gunfire erupted. “People just laid out on the sidewalk with the smoke of the guns wavering over the sidewalk,” Eslami said. “It literally looked like a war scene.”A war scene in front of the popular nightclub in what would be a deadly Saturday night. Police said multiple shooters opened fire into a crowd standing outside around 11 p.m., hitting 17 people in total. Birmingham police Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the victims were on the sidewalk and street when the shooting began.Police believe the shooting was not random and stemmed from an isolated incident. Multiple people were caught in the crossfire.The intended target was among the dead and police think it was a hit that did not have anything to do with nearby businesses.Eslami spoke to sister station WVTM from his bed after a bullet tore through his buttocks. “Initially, I thought they were shooting up the front of the line because that’s where they were, in the front,” Eslami said. “They were shooting down the line because I was in the very back.”But others didn’t get a chance to run for cover. Anitra Holloman, 21, from Bessemer, Tahj Booker, 27, and Carlos McCain, 27, both from Birmingham, were pronounced dead at the scene. The fourth victim has been identified as 26-year-old Roderick Lynn Paterson Jr.Four of those injured are in critical condition. Eslami describes the terror in the moment. “When the shots rang out, I ran and within two seconds of me running, I couldn’t feel my leg and I just fall and it didn’t even dawn on me that I got shot,” Eslami said. “My first thought was I can’t get shot again, so I pick myself up. I kind of turn back and look back, and I almost wish I hadn’t. It was bodies on the sidewalk, shoes everywhere, accessories, wallets, and then the gunshot smoke.”And in the aftermath, a realization of what had just happened. “People running in every direction still, it was just pure chaos, and I’m sitting there in that chair trying to use my shirt as a tourniquet, trying to stop the bleeding for a little bit,” Eslami said. Eslami said his friend rushed him to the hospital, where he learned from doctors the bullet went into his buttocks and out of his thigh, just milliliters from a major artery. Now recovering at home, he looks back at last night and the carnage thankful but still filled with sadness. “It’s scary knowing how close I was to dying,” Eslami said. “I wonder to myself why me and why not somebody else who passed away.”

Massachusetts State Police suspend boxing training after recruits death [Video]
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The Massachusetts State Police said Sunday that they were fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation into the death of Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who died after a boxing training exercise. Delgado-Garcia, 25, of Worcester, died September 13th at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, a day after the exercise at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree.State police said Sunday that the academy has suspended full-contact boxing training activities between trainees until further notice.Interim colonel John Mawn has directed a comprehensive review of the academys defensive tactics program to ensure that it aligns with safety standards, law enforcement objectives and best practices in training methods, police said. Police said the review will include feedback from recruits, instructors and subject matter experts. Few details are known about what happened, but Delgado-Garcia became unresponsive during a boxing exercise. He was removed from life support the next day. The autopsy report has not been finalized.Before training began in April to achieve his life-long dream of joining the state police, Delgado-Garcia had worked for 18 months at the Worcester County Attorney’s Office, where he often stayed late to help people, District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said at a news conference last week.”Because of this close relationship, someone else will be handling this matter,” said Early, with tearful members of Delgado-Garcia’s family and former co-workers nearby. “There’s no way this office can handle this. Everyone loved Enrique.”Early said detectives assigned to his office will continue to investigate, but they will work with whichever agency takes over. He said he spoke with several entities in the state about taking over the case, but declined to name them. He said it would not be another district attorney’s office.”I want it done by someone who doesn’t have a stake in its outcome,” he said.Funeral details were released for Delgado-Garcia were released Friday.Calling hours are 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 27 at Mercadante Funeral Home & Chapel on Plantation Street in Worcester. A funeral service is set for Sept. 28 at 10:30 a.m. at the same location.State police said they are “fully cooperating” with investigatory authorities and are urging the Worcester County District Attorneys Office to name an independent investigator as soon as possible.Three senators have sent a letter to the Massachusetts Attorney Generals Office asking that a special investigator take over the inquest into the death Delgado-Garcia and look at other issues at the Massachusetts State Police Academy.”The Massachusetts State Police Academy maintains a rigorous curriculum program to prepare trainees for the challenging and often dangerous profession of a Massachusetts State Trooper,” a written statement from a state police spokesperson on Sunday said. “Trainees undergo wide-ranging education that emphasizes discipline, teamwork, and respect for one another in accordance with the law and the departments values,” the statement said. “This approach prepares new troopers to navigate the complexities of modern policing while ensuring officer safety and efficacy and fostering public trust.”